Apple is preparing significant camera upgrades for its upcoming iPhone 17 lineup, with leaked details and dummy model designs offering and apparent early insight into what users can expect when the devices launch later in 2025.

Across all four models, Apple is expected to introduce an enhanced 24-megapixel front-facing camera, doubling the resolution of the current 12MP sensor.

This upgrade promises sharper selfies, improved low-light performance, and more detailed imagery.

The high-end iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max models will be equipped with three 48-megapixel rear cameras: a main Fusion lens, an Ultra Wide lens (carried over from the iPhone 16 Pro), and a new Tetraprism Telephoto lens.

The Telephoto camera will support improved zoom and cropping without loss of detail, and the Pro models are also expected to add 8K video recording and dual video capture features.

There are also rumours of a mechanical aperture, a first for Apple, allowing users to adjust depth-of-field and light intake for more advanced photography.

A major design shift is also on the cards — Apple is reportedly replacing the square camera bump with a horizontal camera bar housing the lenses, flash, mic, and LiDAR sensor in a new layout.

The iPhone 17 Air, positioned as an ultra-thin model at just 5.5mm thick, will feature a single 48MP Fusion lens, making it the only variant without Ultra Wide or Telephoto capabilities.

It will share the horizontal camera bar design but adapted to its single-lens configuration.

In contrast, the standard iPhone 17 will maintain its dual-lens vertical layout, with a 48MP Fusion and 12MP Ultra Wide camera, mirroring the iPhone 16.

While the front camera sees an upgrade, there is no confirmation yet on rear sensor improvements or design changes.